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Yesterday my son asked for help to open dds files in Photoshop. After some googling, I found this NVIDIA plugin for Photoshop and some articles, which complained that it does not work with Photoshop CS4 64bit. To solve this problem it was necessary to understand two things: that when 64bit version of Photoshop was installed, 32bit version also was installed, and that NVIDIA DDS plugin put the dds.8bi file to C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS4 (64 Bit)\Plug-ins\File Formats folder.

Well… what’s the purpose of this kind of tutorial? I mean, you just can install the plugin directly on your 32 bit CS4, just browsing your CS4 32 bit folder… silly uh? xD

Ryanjohnsond

true. For some reason when I copied and renamed the file it worked; when I did it again, it didn’t. So I just installed the 32bit version and now my old .dds files open too–which they weren’t. Thanks!

bilal

thankyou it helped..!

adi

Thank you very much, your tutorial is very helpful for me :).

I was very frustating about dds plugin with photoshop 64 bit. and now its solved.

Thank you very much Mate. :)

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You forgot about the normal map filter, which is in the filter folder ;)

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Thanks! I hadn’t actually known 32 bit photoshop was installed when I installed 64 bit; nor that the nvidia plugin wasn’t compatible with 64-bit PS.

Danni

Oh my god, thank you so much for this. You have no idea how bloody frustrating this has been for me. I feel a little stupid for not googling the problem sooner now.

Leila

It’s not working on my PC(windows 7).Please help me!

Ryanjohnsond

Try renaming the file to dds32.8bi. I didn’t see a “dds.8bi” file like he mentioned; I only saw dds64.8bi. I copied and renamed it in the (x86) version of PS and it worked. Now I can make .tga files into .dds files” and reopen them again in PS.

Wingspan

It seems that I do not have another Photoshop in Program Files (x86). Is there any other solution?

DiegoPunKadA

You help me alot man, thanks!! regards from Brazil!

Ibsen3

Doesn’t work on my Windows 7 PC either. This is the whole reason I got Photoshop to work on .dds files. It’s an absolute joke that there’s no plugin to support it!!!

Ryanjohnsond

I can now make and reopend .dds files in PSCS4, I just can’t open old ones still–I’m half way back to my old rig. Try renaming the file to dds32.8bi. I didn’t see a “dds.8bi” file like he mentioned; I only saw dds64.8bi. I copied and renamed it in the (x86) version of PS and it worked. Now I can make .tga files.

Ryanjohnsond

oops…meant to say, “Now I can make .tga into .dds files” and reopen them again in PS.

Skourt

thank you I had the same problem because I didn’t Install the plugin in the right place,silly me!

I added the DDS plugin to Photoshop 7 running on a 64 bit PC. The plugin (same as link above) is available here:https://developer.nvidia.com/gameworksdownload#?dn=texture-tools-for-adobe-photoshop-8-55
For Photoshop 7 I found the 64 bit version didn’t work so I installed the 32 bit version as suggested below.
It installs dds.8bi in: C:Program Files (x86)AdobePhotoshop 7.0Plug-InsFile Formats
To check it’s In Photoshop, click on Help tab, About Plug-In and you should see D3D/DDS…